Day: June 17, 2018

The Pope has compared abortion to the crimes of the Nazis

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The Pope has compared abortion to the crimes of the Nazis MOSCOW, 17 Jun — RIA Novosti. Pope Francis condemned abortion, comparing them with eugenics, which was practiced in Nazi Germany, writes the Chicago Tribune. “In the last century the whole world was shocked at what the Nazis were doing to clear the race. Today we do the same, but in white gloves,” said Francis at a Family forum in Italy. Thus, the head of the Catholic Church spoke out against and prenatal tests often lead to the fact that parents end a pregnancy after discovering the fetus is the wrong development or genetic disorders. On the forum the Pope also called for the adoption of children as “God gives them to us”. At the moment of the abortion ban are making figures of many religions, especially rigid position taken by Catholic priests. In two European countries — the Vatican

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VKS took to support the rocket with the satellite “GLONASS-M”

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VKS took to support the rocket with the satellite “GLONASS-M” MOSCOW, 17 Jun — RIA Novosti. Air and space forces of the Russian Federation has taken to support ground-based means of the rocket “Soyuz-2.1 b” with navigation satellite “GLONASS-M”, told reporters on Sunday in the Department of information and mass communications of the Russian defense Ministry. “Launched 00.46 GMT from the Plesetsk cosmodrome space rocket “Soyuz-2.1 b” at 00.49 GMT is taken to support ground-based funds Main test space center name Titov VKS Space troops”, — stated in the message.

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Germany accused of spying on the IAEA, the OSCE and the government of Austria

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Germany accused of spying on the IAEA, the OSCE and the government of Austria The Federal intelligence service of Germany has been spying on communication networks of the International atomic energy Agency (IAEA), the Organization for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE), foreign diplomatic missions and the Austrian industrial enterprises. It is reported by the magazine Profil. According to the journalists, they received information about activities of the German intelligence service in Austria since the late 1990-ies. All the surveillance was exposed nearly two thousand objects, including ministries, departments, universities, mosques and non-governmental organizations. According to the publication, since the early 2000s, Germany started to follow the networks of foreign diplomatic missions, the IAEA, the OSCE, the UN office on drugs and crime and other organizations. It is noted that special attention was paid to the foreign version of the Austrian press Agency. The Austrian side refused to review the

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India will raise duties on American goods

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India will raise duties on American goods NEW DELHI, June 16 — RIA Novosti. India will raise import duty on 30 products from the USA. This decision was made in response to a Washington imposed import duties on steel and aluminum, the newspaper reports the Indian Express. The corresponding list of goods new Delhi has already submitted to the world trade organization. Some metal products, the share of the agricultural production, a number of models of motorcycles and other goods tariffs will rise to 50 percent. As reports the edition, in total India hopes to gain from economic retaliation in the order of 239 million dollars. As stated in an interview with RIA Novosti Indian Minister of Commerce and industry Suresh Prabhu, protectionism and the policy of sanctions does not bring the desired results and impact adversely on the global economy. In his opinion, such unilateral actions are detrimental to

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Putin told Kadyrov that Chechnya invest in safe and profitable

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Putin told Kadyrov that Chechnya invest in safe and profitable Russian President Vladimir Putin during a working meeting with head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said that to invest in the development of this region, safely and profitably. Transcript of the meeting published on the Kremlin website. He added that such investments are necessary to create investment climate. “Then not only investors from Arab countries but from other countries too, will go to the North Caucasus, and in Chechnya in particular”. In response, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that his country has already cooperated with the Arab countries, noting the good direction of development in investment cooperation with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. “Emirates, we have opened five-star hotel, established a joint Fund for development of small and medium business, build an international University, — said Mr. Kadyrov.— In Saudi Arabia the same — promise to invest in the development of

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Picture of love letters Exupery sold at auction for nearly $300 thousand

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Picture of love letters Exupery sold at auction for nearly $300 thousand Moscow. June 16. INTERFAX.RU the figure to the loving letter to the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, depicting his famous Little Prince sold at auction in Paris for $289 thousand, informs on Saturday Agency Associated Press. Watercolour, dated 1942, depicts the main character of the eponymous book, published in 1943. The little Prince is sitting at the table on a small planet, and writes a love letter in the company of birds. The auction house Artcurial, organized the auction, said that this is probably one of the last surviving letters Exupery. In 1944 he went on his last reconnaissance flight from the island of Corsica and disappeared. In total, the hammer went 49 letters and illustrations Exupery.

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Satellite “GLONASS-M” launched on a rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome

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Satellite “GLONASS-M” launched on a rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome MOSCOW, 17 Jun — RIA Novosti. Rocket “Soyuz-2.1 b” was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome with the navigation satellite “GLONASS-M”, told reporters on Sunday in the Department of information and mass communications of the Russian defense Ministry. “On Sunday, June 17, at 00.46 GMT from a launcher № 4 of the pad of the Plesetsk cosmodrome combat crews of the Space forces Air and space forces conducted a successful launch of the carrier rocket middle class “Soyuz-2.1 b” with the navigation spacecraft “GLONASS-M”, — stated in the message. It is noted that pre-launch operations and launch were controlled with the help of ground automated control of spacecraft and passed in a regular mode. The General management of the start-up was led by the commander of aerospace forces Colonel General Sergey Surovikin. This is the second launch of the carrier rocket

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Govorukhin was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery with military honors

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Govorukhin was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery with military honors Director, Chairman of the Duma Committee on culture Stanislav Govorukhin buried in the Novodevichy cemetery with military honors. The last farewell was closed, only relatives, colleagues and friends of the deceased. 10фотографий10фотографий10фотографий Earlier it was reported that the grave of the Director is located next to the graves of Oleg Tabakov and Leonid Bronevoi. Before the funeral in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior was held a ceremony of farewell and funeral of lithium. To say goodbye to Govorukhin came to politics and culture. Among them were the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, state Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, the Minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky, the composer Igor Krutoy and others. Govorukhin has died at the age of 82 on June 14. He died after a long illness in a sanatorium near Moscow “Barvikha”. According to preliminary information, the cause of

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The government submitted to the Duma a bill to raise VAT to 20%

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The government submitted to the Duma a bill to raise VAT to 20% Moscow. June 16. INTERFAX.RU Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on introducing to the state Duma draft laws on amendments in the legislation on taxes and duties, said on Saturday the press service of the Russian government. “The draft law envisages the increase of the basic VAT rate from 18% to 20%; a reduction in the overall rate of insurance contributions to state non-budget funds with 34 to 30%; the retention of the right to deduction of VAT amounts paid when acquiring the goods, works and services through subsidies or public investment, for organizations in the automotive industry for the period until January 1, 2019”, — stated in the message. It is also proposed to amend the Federal laws “On mandatory pension insurance in the Russian Federation” and “About bases of obligatory social insurance”, setting the

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